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I haven’t needed most of them yet, but when new audio processing tasks arise, this is the first tool I’ll reach for. The list of built-in actions includes channel operations (mix, append, or split stereo channels), gain and balance operations, fade-ins and -outs, and all manner of length-changing, file conversion, metadata, and renaming operations. Each of these processing modules was dragged into place from a menu of about 70 operations.ĭepending on your task, you can chain together as many actions as you need. What you’re looking at here is not hardcoded in the app it’s only my recipe for today’s batch: normalize, downsample, and export as MP3. The right column is where the batch process is defined. Cursoring through the list on the left, and watching the Max and RMS values in the middle, makes this a snap. For example, when picking the ultimate RMS level, I need to ensure that none of the files in this batch will be raised beyond the clipping point. The middle column shows some analysis results - bit depth, sample rate, max and RMS levels are all super-useful to have at a glance. This is really useful for spotting plosives in vocal tracks, and for getting a rough visual sense of the file’s gain level. It also supports audio previewing just click a title and tap the space bar and the track will play (through the system’s default audio output path).īelow that, you can see a waveform preview. This pane supports drag-and-drop from the Finder - just drag files in there from anywhere. In the left column, there’s a panel that shows the audio files in the current batch. I have long needed a way to batch normalize and convert audio files.

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Pro Tools will do this, as will Peak (RIP), but both require manual, single-track processing. My current preference is to normalize the files to a single RMS level, as this, to my ear, produces tracks that are close to equal volume. Which means we’re not comparing mics, but gain settings. As you no doubt know, if the volume levels don’t match across tracks, the louder ones will be perceived by many as sounding better. The only fair way to compare these audio samples is to gain-match them first. E.g., $60,000 worth of ribbon mics, or more recently, six pairs of tube mics. Here’s my problem: I do a lot of audio file comparison.

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The official product description is short, on point, and completely accurate: Sample Manager is the quintessential batch audio file processor for Mac OS X. It immediately became an indispensable part of my audio workflow. My pal Dan Comerchero (of Quiztones fame) turned me on to an application from Audiofile Engineering called Sample Manager.

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